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May 08,2002 iirtlatiíi (Elje JJovtlanh (ßhseruer Page A5 B usiness Labor Commissioner Candidate Pushes Jobs Economy, apprenticeships, civil rights promoted bv M ichael L eighton T he P ortland O bserver tio n al and technical training. “In our schools it’s A southeast Portland too often college, col lawmaker is making jobs, lege, college,” he ex the recruitment of stu plained. dents to apprenticeship He said many high program s and w ork school graduates would place civil rights protec do well to pursue labor tions as the top issues c a re e rs th ro u g h the in his campaign for state state’s 171 apprentice Labor Commissioner. ship programs, but ei Dan G ardner is a ther don’t know about so u th e a st P o rtla n d the trades or are not get Democrat running for the ting the message. Dan Gardner non-partisan labor post Gardner, who is an in the May Primary. He has served in the electrician and graduate of an appren state Legislature as minority leader. ticeship program, said he would do more Gardner said the number one issue to promote apprenticeships at job fairs. in his campaign is O regon’s sour He said the state could adopt a pro economy and high jobless rate. gram used in Washington where state “We should not be number one in officials gave school counselors train unemployment,” he said. ing sessions on apprenticeship pro Promising to run the labor depart grams that worked to turn them into ment from a jobs perspective, Gardner advocates for the trades. pledges to work harder to diversify the Gardner promises to work for fair economy, and lesson the blow from a ness in employment, increasing job pros high-tech jobs sector that has been pects for women and minorities. laying off workers. He said the enforcement of work He said Oregon needs more invest place civil rights laws would round out ment in transportation to lure new in his priorities in office. dustry to the state. Gardner also is a co-sponsor of-a Gardner said his second priority was campaign to increase the minimum wage. getting more local students hired in “We have to do more to close the gap trade professions by providing voca between rich and poor,” he said. Finance Expert Hired at Wells Fargo D avid T illery o f P ortland has been hired as vice p resi dent and regio n al operations m anger for W ells F a rg o ’s Home Equity Group. He assum es re sponsibility for the m anagem ent of 500 W ells F a rg o e m plo y ees w ho p ro c e ss a p p lic a tio n s fo r h o m e e q u ity loans and lines q f c re d it in O reg o n , W ashington, C ali David Tillery fornia and Alaska. T illery has 18 yea^s of experience in financial services. Before joining W ells Fargo, he held senior managem ent positions in retail credit and consumer le n d in g in O h io , K e n tu c k y and Texas. T illery earned a b a c h e lo r ’s and m a ste r’s degree in bu sin ess a d m in is tra tio n fro m B a ld w in W a lla c e C o lleg e in B erea, O h io . H e a ls o g raduated from the D arden S chool o f B u s in e s s E x e c u tive D ev elo p m en t Program at the U n iv ersity o f V irginia. Department of Revenue Web Site Lists Unclaimed Checks Tfie Oregon Departm ent o f Rev enue is using the latest technology to return money to more than 18.000 taxpayers. T he d e p a rtm e n t’s w eb site, w w w.dor.state.or.us. now lists the names of taxpayers who are owed unclaimed refunds. M ost are kicker rebates, although some are from other tax program s the departm ent administers. When the postal service returns an undeliverable check, department staff searches for the new address. If a new address is not located, the name of the check's owner is posted on the web site. To receive their refund, taxpayers whose names are on the list can com IJX Local 290 Training Center plete a check request form, available on the web site, and mail it to the department. “Just as it is im portant that we collect Oregon taxes, it is important that we get tax refunds to those who are entitled to them ,” said Elizabeth Harchenko, departm ent o f revenue director. PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS 2 0 2 2 0 S.W. Teton Ave., T ualatin. OR 9 7 0 6 2 -8 8 1 0 (503) 691-1997 • 1-800-452-2912 • Fax (5 0 3 ) 6 9 1-0908 April 2002 U.A. Local 290 Training Center will be accepting applications for Local 290 plumber and steamfitter apprentices during the ten workday period Monday, June 3 to Friday, June 14, 2002. 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